The History Of Pendennis
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Written immediately after Vanity Fair, Pendennis has a similar atmosphere of brooding disillusion, tempered by the most jovial of wits. But here Thackeray plunders his own past to create the character of Pendennis and the world in which he lives: from miserable schoolboy to striving journalist, from carefree Oxbridge to the high (and low) life of London. The result is a superbly panoramic blend of people, action and background. The true ebb and flow of life is caught and the credibility of Pen, his worldly uncle, the Major, and many of the other characters, extends far beyond the pages of the novel. Held together by Thackeray's flowing, confident prose, with its conversational ease of tone, Pendennis is as rich a portrait of England in the 1830s and 40s as it is a thorough and thoroughly entertaining self-portrait.
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The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrations on Steel and Wood By the Author. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. Volume I: 384 pages. Dated 1849. One page loose -- the illustration 'Poor Pen' between pages 68 and 69. Hinge cracked at chapter 1. Three quarter leather and marbled boards. Highly decorative spine with… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS ; THE NEWCOMES ; THE VIRGINIANS
by Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849-1859. Hardcover. Octavo; 6 volumes; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print on brown banner; Boards half bound with green leather to spine and corners, marbled paper to boards, wear to spine caps and corners, wear to leather hinges, leather title labels are chipping; Text blocks have gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, light age-toning to… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848 London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848-1850. In the original 24 serial parts (23 & 24 in one volume). First edition. Publisher's yellow paper wrappers with advertisements bound in. A good set with significant toning and wear to extremities, some foxing to text, many spines split, some with remnants of tape repairs. Scarce in the original parts.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ipswich: Limited Editions Club. Fine with no dust jacket. 1961. Limited/Numbered Signed Edition. Hardcover. Slightest scuffing to bottom of slipcase.; Like much of Thackeray's work, Pendennis is a satire on the foibles of human nature and high society. Somewhat autobiographical, it reads like a farce with the frequently bewildered Pendennis climbing through London's upper crust from one… Read more about this item Item Price
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The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes And Misfortunes, His Friends And His Greatest Enemy (The Penguin English Library)
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London: The Caxton Publishing Company, 1900. Hardcover. Good. Pleasant half leather (publishers?) binding. Floral decoration to spine. Marbled edges with matching marbled end-papers. With a frontispiece by Gordon Browne and colour and b/w plates. No date but c. 1900. 8vo. Rubbing to edges, Contents clean and binding tight. Good. … Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Bradbury & Evans,, 1849-50. First edition in book form of Thackeray's second major work, published serially in 23 parts between 1848 and 1850. Arthur Pendennis was used as the narrator of many of Thackeray's subsequent books, and is "an admitted alter ego who undergoes subtle analysis and complex criticism" (ODNB). The History of Pendennis was interrupted for three… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1849. His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy. With illustrations on steel and wood by the author. In two volumes. Pp. viii+384+xii+372, engraved vignette title to both volumes, plus a total of 46 plates, numerous text illustrations including pictorial head & tailpieces; rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. brown morocco, spines… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849-50. First edition. Leather. Good. 9" by 6". William Makepeace Thackeray . A first edition copy of William Makepeace Thackeray's iconic novel, 'The History of Pendennis'. Uniformly bound in half calf and illustrated throughout by the author. William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical bildungsroman novel, featuring his alter-ego Arthur Pendennis.Complete in two volumes.Volume I includes a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1904. Reissued. Leather. Good/No Dust Jacket. 200 g; VIII, 916 pages, last two pages of advertisements, printed on India paper. Halftone frontispiece with a foxed tissue guard. Volume 2 In the New Century Library "the Works of William Makepeace Thackeray". Handling marks to the front edge of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy. (2 volumes in one).
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The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
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London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1909. Undated [1909]. Single volume from a set of Thackeray's work, small format (6.25" tall) in full blue-green leather over flexible covers, gilt spine lettering and decoration, top edge gilt, frontis plate in black and white. Generally good but a little worn with some rubbing and scuffing to the extremities, slightly faded spine,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, his Friends and his Greatest Enemy. In two volumes
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849-50. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5" . William Makepeace Thackeray . The first edition of this satirical bildungsroman novel by popular Victorian novelist, William Thackeray. William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical bildungsroman novel, featuring his alter-ego Arthur Pendennis. With frontispieces, additional illustrated titles, and numerous plates throughout, as well… Read more about this item Item Price
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The History of Pendennis : His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy - with illustrations and steel and wood by the author
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The History of Pendennis (Vol. III)
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Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1896. BU2 - Book has some light rubbing on the cover edges, wrinkling, wear. and some tears on the top spine edge, tanning on the spine with chipping and wear on the title plate, previous owner's bookplate adhered on the front fixed endpaper, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Limited to One Thousand Copies.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy [Complete Two Volume Set] - William Makepeace Thackeray
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Bradbury & Evans, 1850. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Complete two volume set. Rebound in full leather, with five raised bands on spine. Texts unmarked, but foxing throughout. Vol. II has a broken hinge, but pages are all tightly bound. Leather worn, mostly at corners. Some soiling to page edges. Reliable customer service. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping… Read more about this item Item Price
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The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1850. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. Two volumes. With illustrations on wood by the author. Good in brown cloth covered boards, the cloth is worn and chipped along the edges of the spine and at the spine ends, also worn through along the edges and at the corners, an ink notation on the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The History of Pendennis (Limited Editions Club) SIGNED #13 of 1500 His Fortunes and Misfortunes His Friends and Greatest Enemy
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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Limited Editions Club. 1961. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. Limited Editions Club. #13 of 1500 copies. Book and Slipcase are in FINE condition. 1961. Signed by the Illustrator Charles W. Stewart. ; Limited Editions Club; Vol. 13; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Illustrator . Item Price
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